IAS Officer Who Emptied Stadium To Walk Dog Scores Big Delhi Role
Khirwar is a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre
- Reported by:Ishika Verma
- Edited by:Saikat Kumar Bose
- India News
- Jan 22, 2026 12:54 pm IST
- Published OnJan 22, 2026 10:04 am IST
- Last Updated OnJan 22, 2026 12:54 pm IST
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Khirwar faced allegations of emptying a stadium of athletes to walk his dog
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New Delhi:
IAS officer Sanjeev Khirwar, the new Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) commissioner, had been shunted out of the national capital amid a massive controversy in 2022. Khirwar drew fire in 2022 amid allegations that athletes at Delhi’s Thyagaraj Stadium complex were asked to leave early so that the bureaucrat could “walk his dog”.
Khirwar is a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre. His wife, Rinku Dugga, is also an IAS officer.
On May 26, 2022, The Indian Express reported that Thyagaraj Stadium, where young athletes practice, was being closed for sports activities earlier than usual so that Khirwar, then Delhi’s Principal Secretary (Revenue), could walk his dog.
“We used to train till 8-8.30 pm under lights earlier. But now, we are asked to leave the ground by 7 pm so that the officer can walk his dog on the ground. Our training and practice routine has been disrupted,” the newspaper quote
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